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| CPAC: day one's surprisingly camp playlist | CPAC: day one's surprisingly camp playlist |
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| Republicans may not be comfortable with gay rights groups showing up at their biggest annual gathering, but attendees so far have certainly been treated to plenty of camp. | Republicans may not be comfortable with gay rights groups showing up at their biggest annual gathering, but attendees so far have certainly been treated to plenty of camp. |
| CPAC's choice of play-on music for the sessions in the main room at the Gaylord convention center raises the serious question of whether it has an infiltrator in its production team. | CPAC's choice of play-on music for the sessions in the main room at the Gaylord convention center raises the serious question of whether it has an infiltrator in its production team. |
| The requisite twang of country music was well-represented early on, but Fast Cars and Freedom by Rascal Flatts and It's America by Rodney Atkins quickly gave way to acts more often associated with glowstick parties than Republican party. Here are the highlights from the CPAC Day One playlist so far: | The requisite twang of country music was well-represented early on, but Fast Cars and Freedom by Rascal Flatts and It's America by Rodney Atkins quickly gave way to acts more often associated with glowstick parties than Republican party. Here are the highlights from the CPAC Day One playlist so far: |
| One Direction: What Makes You Beautiful | One Direction: What Makes You Beautiful |
| Virginia attorney general Ken Cuccinelli's opener was a snooze – the highlight perhaps was when he called the EPA the "employment prevention agency". Most were only awake for the talk because a British boy band hit cranked all the way up introduced the politician to the half-empty ballroom. | Virginia attorney general Ken Cuccinelli's opener was a snooze – the highlight perhaps was when he called the EPA the "employment prevention agency". Most were only awake for the talk because a British boy band hit cranked all the way up introduced the politician to the half-empty ballroom. |
| A few hours later, GOP darling Marco Rubio took the stage to the same song. | A few hours later, GOP darling Marco Rubio took the stage to the same song. |
| Fun: Some Nights | Fun: Some Nights |
| A panel on war – WAR – was introduced with this hit by the band with a punctuation problem. It set an unexpectedly up-beat tone for Texas congressman Louie Gohmert, who went on to condemn the US government for giving up on the Vietnam War and also for not declaring war on Iran after the US embassy in Tehran was sieged in 1979. See? Fun. | A panel on war – WAR – was introduced with this hit by the band with a punctuation problem. It set an unexpectedly up-beat tone for Texas congressman Louie Gohmert, who went on to condemn the US government for giving up on the Vietnam War and also for not declaring war on Iran after the US embassy in Tehran was sieged in 1979. See? Fun. |
| Scissor Sisters: Only the Horses | Scissor Sisters: Only the Horses |
| The conference reached its peak of camp when Scissor Sisters, whose activism for gay rights around the world has been well publicized, were introduced to the mix. | The conference reached its peak of camp when Scissor Sisters, whose activism for gay rights around the world has been well publicized, were introduced to the mix. |
| Mumford and Sons: Little Lion Man | Mumford and Sons: Little Lion Man |
| This isn't exactly a campy song, but some poor sound tech let the unedited version play, showering the CPAC crowd in the f-bomb. It has also been played multiple times so far, which signals to us that organizers are courting millennials with unorginal taste who occasionally probably drink beer, kiss each other and use swear words. | This isn't exactly a campy song, but some poor sound tech let the unedited version play, showering the CPAC crowd in the f-bomb. It has also been played multiple times so far, which signals to us that organizers are courting millennials with unorginal taste who occasionally probably drink beer, kiss each other and use swear words. |
| Metallica: Enter Sandman | Metallica: Enter Sandman |
| This rumbling wildcard of a track was used to introduce Rand Paul, the newly vaunted conservative hero who turned down a catheter before a 13-hour filibuster on the potential threat to civil liberties by way of aerial drone assassination. | This rumbling wildcard of a track was used to introduce Rand Paul, the newly vaunted conservative hero who turned down a catheter before a 13-hour filibuster on the potential threat to civil liberties by way of aerial drone assassination. |
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